Jacob and Diane Anderson-Minshall are co-conspirators in life and love. Their memoir, Queerly Beloved: A Love Story Across Gender tells how their relationship survived Jacob's gender transition. The couple also co-author the Blind Eye Detective mystery series (Blind Curve, Blind Leap, Blind Faith). Jacob recently sat on the board of Lambda Literary Foundation. He has written for numerous LGBT and feminist publications and, for four years, he penned the nationally syndicated weekly column, TransNation. He later produced and co-hosted the radio show, Gender Blender. His work is included in anthologies including Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex, and Power(now in its 2nd edition) and the Lambda award-winning Portland Queer. Jacob was assigned female at birth and identified as a lesbian for many years before coming out transgender and transitioning to male. For more information visit anderson-minshall.com.